Blogger: Rachel Kent
Location: Books & Such main office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
We live in interesting times. So much has advanced and changed, and each day we’re seeing changes that have the potential to throw us all off, but we …
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Blogger: Rachel Kent
Location: Books & Such main office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
We live in interesting times. So much has advanced and changed, and each day we’re seeing changes that have the potential to throw us all off, but we …
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Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Location: Books & Such Main Office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
As we turn our attention to free-lance editors and how they fit into the publishing system, I’d like to start out with a description from Beth Adams …
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Blogger: Mary Keeley
Location: Books & Such Midwest Office: IL
Today, let’s sum up our take-aways from this week’s case studies. There’s no limit to the books we could have analyzed, but I chose phenomenal successes in hopes the clues …
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Blogger: Mary Keeley
Location: Books & Such Midwest Office: IL
Crazy Love by Francis Chan, is a recent New York Times nonfiction best-seller. Here is the overview taken from the website:
Have you ever wondered if we’re missing it? It’s …
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Blogger: Mary Keeley
Location: Books & Such Midwest Office: IL
Christian fiction owes the Left Behind Series a debt of gratitude. In the words of Mark Kuyper, president of the Evangelical Christian Publishing Association: “In many ways this series established …
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Blogger: Mary Keeley
Location: Books & Such Midwest Office: IL
Yesterday we analyzed a fiction title. Today let’s look at a nonfiction phenomenon, a self-help marriage book: The Five Love Languages, by Gary Chapman.
Vitals:
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Blogger: Mary Keeley
Location: Books & Such Midwest Office, IL
In the past weeks we have viewed the industry from the publisher’s, pre-production’s, and agent’s perspectives. The natural progression to complete the loop: the BOOKS. Is there any one of …
// by Rachel Kent// 11 Comments
Blogger: Rachel Kent
Location: Books & Such main office or sitting in court as a juror.
the decision to go to a writers’ conference is an investment in your writing career. Be sure you know what you want to get …
// by Janet Grant// 34 Comments
Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Location: Books & Such Main Office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
Once you’ve found an idea that really clicks with you and one that should do well in the marketplace, it behooves you to take some time to …
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Blogger: Wendy Lawton
Location: Books & Such Central Valley Office, CA
You’ve heard it over and over. Agents get a staggering number of queries. If I were a writer trying to catch a break this information might be enough to …